Management Team / Advisory Board Bios
Juan Young
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Juan is a Social Entrepreneur who is dedicated to empowering, inspiring & uniting communities of color. Juan's "WHY" is to be a light for communities that are often overlooked, under-estimated & under-valued. Juan has spent 10 years in the nonprofit sector working with underserved Juan has had the opportunity to work in different industries, but one thing remains the same, his steadfast commitment to leaving this world better than he found it.
Simone Justice
Chief Operations Officer
Simone is a social entrepreneur & operations guru. After graduating from Monroe College in New Rochelle, New York, she jumped headfirst into the cycling industry, where she quickly became a highly sought after leader in the industry. Simone has 9+ years of experience building and growing highly effective teams & systems, and will help to ensure Melanence is operating at maximum output as the COO.
Sean Ewing
Chief Financial Officer
Sean has 9+ years of corporate finance experience. Sean has proven skills to identify variances between projected and actual expenses, update Profit and Loss statements to complete forecasting. Sean has a vast knowledge and experience to increase your profits and decrease your losses while growing alongside colleagues and executives to reach organizational goals. His polished talents include streamlining standard operating procedures while maintaining positive morale.
Ashley Williams, M.B.A.
Senior Product Manager
Ashley is an expert brand & product development manager. Ashley began her career in the retail industry and then shifted to the product marketing industry where she has grown and developed the last 10 years.Creativity and passion are part of Ashley's DNA. Her life motto is “I am given what I was built to handle!” She is passionate about ed-tech, the arts, health & wellness, and continual growth of self.
